Campaign Related Questions

1) my understanding is that Primal casters are not on the “normal” diet of Ymandragoran spellccasters.

2) it would be logical for the Solani dwarves to continue to protect the “soft under belly” of the empire.

4) the Tir Betoqi were never very active in the Blessed Lands. The reasons why should come out in the Kio book. So no, no Tir Betoqi should be left in the old enclave.

6) Great question. I’d love to know what bloodlines exists in Osrics kids.

7) one is supposed to be in Khitan (Pillars of Nier)

10) ???? Don’t trust psions unless they have clear eyes!

12) I feel strongly that the wasting disease is an Eldritch only problem. The workable “shortcuts” eventually take a toll on the casters body.

14) I do not understand the ghost scales well. This includes how we got from the end of the old campaign with the GS allied with internals and the start of this campaign. I don’t understand what Herka wants (if anything). I dn’t understand what the relation is with BTs. I don’t really know why they were monsters in the old campaign but playable mercenaries in this campaign. Though I do think they’re cool.

15) Has the Milandesian orthodox Church selected a new Primarch to replace Sabinius? If so who? If not, why not?

My take on Milandir is that there are three Gods of the Pantheon of Man that have a greater political base than the others. Illiir (val Holryn, from the former see of the Arch Prelate of Milandir in Tralia), Yarris (from the val Ossans in Naeranth and the Eastmarch) & Saluwe (from the val Dellenov in Sylvania). They ought to have butted head to put “their guy” into the shoes of the Primarch (or beating heads now…). I think its also possible that after the twin deaths of Sabinius and Osric there was enough upheaval that they might have settled on a “caretaker” to be the second Primarch of Milandir…perhaps something like an aged Songmaster of Cadic (i like this scenario because it means the PCs at some point might meddle in the next succession).

Seems weird that several years have passed in real life and in the campaign without this being addressed.

1) my understanding is that Primal casters are not on the “normal” diet of Ymandragoran spellccasters.

That was my understanding as well, but I have direct personal experience that primal casting can get you called out for Harvesting , so don’t bet on it!

16) Can dwarves interbreed? Have there been any known examples of (for example) a Solani and Tir Betoqi producing an offspring? If so, who’s heartstone would they have to bask in?

That is what I figured, but it still leaves the question of the the Founder’s heartstone open. Can the dwarf bathe in the light of any of them for the same effect, or is it tied (as implied in text) to their enclave? If it is the latter, would a dwarf born from two different enclaves have their ‘home’ chosen by where they were born, or is it determined randomly like when two different Vals from two different families interbreed?

17) In the game all Kio Heroes gain an Heirloom Kio Sword (Exceptional Quality masterpiece!). We know from fluff that Kio Swords are basically each masterpieces forged by a select few Kio Blacksmiths who remember the ancient ways of making their blades. Additionally, Kio Sword is listed as a national weapon for Kio from the Western Lands (for the sake of Weapon Training (National)), which means that it is possible to get your Hierloom Kio Sword AND a Normal-Quality Kio Sword at character creation, giving you a pair of these (though, not equally made) blades.

My question is: Does every Kio soldier use a Kio Sword? The rules are a bit hazy on this, as they suggest that there are only a few hundred to a thousand of these fine blades kicking around, but if every Kio soldier/duelist has one (though maybe not an Exceptional blade) there must be tens-of-thousands of these things lying around to equip the Kio Knights. This then suggests that they are not as rare as previously believed.

18) We know that Kio warrior have a knightly tradition similar to (but by no means the same) as Milandir, and they have very specific names for their soldiers and officers (ie: Vyhre’ki). Are these organizations exclusive to Kio, or do they allow other humanoid races into their organizations (assuming they are subjects of the Kio)? For example, could you find a Dark-kin or Unden Khyh’it Wing Commanders?
I recall it being stated somewhere that even if a non-Kio were to get their hands on a Kio sword, they would be unable to find anyone willing to teach them how to use it. Seems to me that the Kio are somewhat xenophobic, seems unlikely that they would take many/any outsiders into their ranks.

I realize that this might come across as a rules question, but I am trying to get a better grasp of the ‘physics’ of magic in this system and my post in Cody’s thread got me thinking: What is the cause of the range limitations to spells that target Avoidance?

Lets use the example of elemental bolt. If I send a bolt of earth at an enemy standing 30′ away, he gets hit by a chunk of dirt. If he is standing 35′ away, however, I am unable to hit him without an adaptation. Why? Is it due to a balistic trajectory which ends around 30′ (meaning the projectile impacts the ground before getting to the target), or does the spell effect simply end at 30′, causing the piece of dirt to mysteriously vanish?

Considering the fact that it has been established many times that casters need to have access to a ‘real’ piece of that element (need to have fire to use fire, etc), I would think that the caster is in some sense physically propelling that element towards the target, and that the tragectory is limited.

If this is the case however, what would happen if an elemental bolt were to be cast off a 100′ cliff? Would the projectile continue on that trajectory all the way down, hitting whatever is standing 50-60′ away from the foot of the cliff?

I’m not suggesting that PCs should be able to do this, but it does factor into the discussion of magic as applied to warfare tactics.